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Highland Cigar Co.

Part cigar shop, part bar and part lounge, with a full bar of top-notch Scotch and leather chairs so comfortable you need a spatula to pry yourself out, this place is like a Starbucks for real grown-ups.

While there are about fifty cigar shops in Atlanta, Highland Cigar is the only one of its kind. It's part cigar shop, part bar and part lounge, with a full bar of top-notch Scotch and leather chairs so comfortable, you need a spatula to pry yourself out of them. And with WiFi and a work-friendly atmosphere, it's also a way cooler spin on the old “taking your laptop to the coffee shop” routine: instead of coffee and pastries, you get top-shelf Scotch and premium cigars. Owner and founder Brian Mitchell calls it "Starbucks for adults," and we couldn't agree more. After all, who needs a venti latte and a prepackaged muffin when you have a snifter of Macallen single-malt scotch and a big fat Cohiba? That’s how we like to get work done, anyway.

Brian cites cigars as a classic symbol of victory, celebration and royalty. But even if you don’t have anything particularly victorious happening in your life, sinking into these leather chairs and puffing on a Padron will probably make you feel pretty royal. After discovering the joys of unwinding with cigars in business school, Brian spent a decade traveling the world to learn more about cigar culture. And from Paris to Central America, one thing about cigars remains universal, according to Brian: "Cigars are one of the few things that force you to slow down and enjoy what you're doing." In other words, this isn't your ordinary smoke break.

But fear not: whether you're a puff-puff-pro or a total rookie, the staff is here to help without a trace of cigar snobbery. While the walk-in humidor can be a rather intimidating experience for the tobacco virgin, Brian trains each member of his staff in the arts of cigar selection. Their state-of- the-art ventilation system and ban on cigarette smoke completely removes “smokey” out of that whole “smokey bar” equation, leaving you more with a “pleasantly cedar-scented with notes of premium tobacco” type of situation. Though you might feel like one needs a houndstooth jacket, leather elbow patches and a personal haberdasher to enter, the atmosphere at Highland Cigar is totally inclusive. Which means you don't have to be this guy to kick back and enjoy the man cave.